“Hey boys,” I shouted across the airplane hangar. “What are you doing up there?”

“Buildin’ stuff.”

“And alignin’ stuff.”

“For what?” I asked.

“To give you walls!”

“Oh! Well in that case, I won’t interrupt you guys. Carry on.”

A note on construction:The boys are building the walls piece by piece, lifting them up, and putting them into place this week. (If you look at the walls they’ve installed in the last photo, you can kind of see how they were put up in three pieces all in a row.) Building a home inside of an existing structure is a bit different than building a free standing house from scratch. In the picture of Pete screwing on drywall (phone #2), you can see the “outside” of our walls – the part of the wall going against the hangar wall. Martin decided to use 5/8″ drywall. Beneath the drywall is a layer of metal screen on the bottom half and a sheet of plastic. Sound crazy? We’re determined to keep all airplane related things out of our home (namely any mice that walk into the hangar door when its open, any airplane-related fumes, and airplane-related noise). After the electrical rough-in and a little more plumbing, we’ll add insulation and rock the interior walls. (The insulation serves as a barrier against sound and heat; airplanes really don’t need to be as warm as you and me.) The energy at the whole airport is crazy and awesome. We can’t believe this is finally happening after months of decluttering, tearing down, and planning.

Now its your turn. What kind of “buildin’ stuff” are the boys in your life up to these days? Any remodels? Squirrel feeders? Microcontrollers? Taxes? Hey, you never know!